Kenichi Matsuyama
Acting
Born: March 5, 1985 (age 41) · Mutsu, Aomori, Japan
Highest Rated
Biography
Kenichi Matsuyama (松山 ケンイチ, Matsuyama Ken'ichi, born March 5, 1985) is a Japanese actor. He is known for his affinity for strange character roles, and he is best known internationally for playing L in the 2006 films Death Note, Death Note 2: The Last Name and L: Change the World in 2008, as well as voicing Gelus in the Death Note animated adaptation. He was cast to play lead character Toru Watanabe in the film adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood, which was released in December 2010.
Known for
Death Note
2006
Death Note
2006
Death Note: The Last Name
2006
Gantz
2010
Promare
2019
Death Note: L Change the WorLd
2008
Norwegian Wood
2010
Gantz: Perfect Answer
2011
Death Note: Light Up the NEW World
2016
The Taste of Tea
2004
1 Litre of Tears
2005
Linda Linda Linda
2005
Photos (7)
Movies (73)
Death Note
L
Death Note: Light Up the NEW World
L
Gantz: Perfect Answer
Masaru Kato
Gantz
Masaru Kato
Death Note: The Last Name
L
Death Note: L Change the WorLd
L
Promare
Galo Thymos (voice)
Yamato
2005
The Taste of Tea
Young Man in Red T-Shirt
Norwegian Wood
Toru Watanabe
Linda Linda Linda
Makihara
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
Makoto Sahara
Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
Tatta (voice)
Rage
Tetsuya Tashiro
Detroit Metal City
Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II
Nana
Shinichi Okazaki
Sekigahara
Naoe Kanetsugu
Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~
Jesus
Another Gantz
Masaru Kato
Bunny Drop
Daikichi Kawachi
The Emperor in August
Takeo Sasaki
Brave: Gunjyou Senki
Nobunaga Oda
Bright Future
Jun
Kamui
Kamui
Riverside Mukolitta
Takeshi Yamada
Train Brain Express
Kei Komachi
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
Mirume
hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
2022
Do Unto Others
Munenori Shiba
The Kiyosu Conference
Hidemasa Hori
We're Broke, My Lord!
Shinjiro Matsudaira
Tsubaki Sanjuro
Iori Isaka
Ten Nights of Dreams
Shotaro
The Locker 2
Yôsuke Shinohara
Yurigokoro
Yosuke
Promare / Side: Galo
Galo Thymos (voice)
Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement
2003
Noise
Jun Tanabe
Promare / Side: Lio
Galo Thymos (voice)
Climbing to Spring
Toru
Mio's Cookbook
2020
Saint Young Men 2nd Century
Jesus
Blue
Nobuto Urita
From Miyamoto to You
Kazuo Jinbo
South Bound
Officer Niigaki
Prodigy
Oto Kikuna
Chasuke's Journey
Chasuke
Be-Bop High School
Jun Kawabata
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Yûji Miwa
1 Litre Of Tears SP
Yuji Kawamoto
Chinyuki
Taro Yamada
Hotel Royal
Satoshi Miyagawa
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
Satoshi Murayama
The Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File
L / Ryuzaki
Vanished
Tomohiko
My Back Page
Umeyama
Custom Made 10.30
Tamotu
Fortress of Skulls
2019
Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji
2007
Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
Kojiro Masakado
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
2022
Be-Bop High School 2
2005
Something Like, Something Like It
Shinden Defunetei
Winning Pass
2004
Saint Young Men
Jesus Christ
Saint Young Men 3
イエス
Oi, Dazai
2025
Homeland
Jiro
A Far Promise
2014
New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period
2025
The Day Kouhaku Was Born
Shindo Tatsuya
Bare Essence of Life
Youjin Mizuki
Furyo shonen no yume
2005
TV Shows (28)
Death Note
Geius (voice) · 1 eps
Gokusen
Kenichi Mori · 12 eps
What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
Honda Masanobu · 50 eps
Until the T-Shirt Dries
Mitsuru · 10 eps
Themis's Uncertain Court
Kiyoharu Ando · 8 eps
A Life: A Love
Igawa Sota · 10 eps
Reboot
Riku Hayase (Before Reboot) · 3 eps
Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?
Yoshiteru Matsukaze · 10 eps
The Tiger and Her Wings
桂场等一郎 · 130 eps
Taira no Kiyomori
Taira no Kiyomori · 50 eps
1 Litre of Tears
Yuji Kawamoto · 3 eps
Detroit Metal City
Makoto Hokazono (voice) · 12 eps
Money Crazy
Gamagori Futaro · 9 eps
Angels with Broken Wings
Shingo · 1 eps
From Miyamoto to You
神保和夫 · 12 eps
The Great White Tower
Shuji Satomi · 5 eps
JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope
Kōichi Tokiwa · 10 eps
Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?
Uozumi Yuzuru · 10 eps
Sexy Voice and Robo
Robo · 11 eps
Residential Complex
Daiki Igarashi · 10 eps
Japanese Americans
5 eps
Futagashira
10 eps
Is It Too Late for Sushi?
Oedo Umiya · 10 eps
Olympic Ransom
2 eps
Farewell Hospital
5 eps
Dokonjō Gaeru
Hiroshi · 10 eps
歪んだ波紋
8 eps
Komoribito
1 eps
